CARTO Grants for Good

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Awards grants to small nonprofit organizations with limited resources working on climate change, environment, and society through data education, advocacy, and activism. Provides 1 year of managed cloud platform access including location data services, API access, and basic support.

Source: https://carto.com/grants

Funding Details

Funder

CARTO

Funding Goal

Provides small nonprofit organizations with 1 year of free access to CARTO's managed cloud spatial analytics platform, including location data services, API access, basic support, public and private maps, and light public-facing apps. Supports organizations working on climate change, environment, society, data education, advocacy, and activism through location intelligence and spatial analysis.

Funding Amount

1 year of free managed cloud platform access (in-kind software grant), including location data services, API access, basic support, public and private maps, and light public-facing apps

How to Apply

Apply via online form at https://carto.com/grants. Provide organization name, website, country, mission (200 words), links to previous projects (up to 3), previous CARTO uses if applicable, planned CARTO use (500 words), focus area, anticipated positive world impact (500 words), and average annual software budget.

Target Region

Global

Last Checked

2026-03-13 16:22

Application Checklist

Eligibility

• Applicant must be a small nonprofit organization (charity, NGO)
• Organization must have limited resources (not large, well-funded NGOs)

Project Scope

• Work must focus on climate change, environment, society, or humanitarian causes
• Use of CARTO must involve spatial/location intelligence for data education, advocacy, or activism

Required Documents

• Must provide organization mission (up to 200 words)
• Must provide links to up to three previous projects
• Must describe planned use of CARTO (up to 500 words)
• Must explain positive world impact expected from CARTO use (up to 500 words)

Constraints

• Project must not be commercialized or monetized in any way
• Grant is in-kind platform access only (1 year), not cash funding

Summary

CARTO Grants for Good is an in-kind technology grant program run by CARTO, a spatial analytics company. The program awards small nonprofit organizations free access to CARTO's managed cloud platform for one year, including location data services, API access, basic support, and mapping tools. The grant targets nonprofits with limited resources working on climate change, environmental issues, social justice, humanitarian causes, or data education and advocacy. Eligible organizations must demonstrate a non-commercial use case and explain how spatial/location intelligence will amplify their impact. The grant package includes a fully managed cloud platform, location data services, API access, public and private map creation, light public-facing apps, and basic support — enabling organizations to build data visualizations, spatial analyses, and interactive maps for advocacy or operational purposes. This is a rolling program with no fixed deadlines. Applications are submitted online and evaluated based on mission alignment, planned use of spatial tools, and potential positive impact. Previous grantees include major organizations such as Oceana, the Danish Refugee Council, and the Red Cross, reflecting the program's global and broad environmental/social scope.

Historical Context

CARTO was founded by Javier de la Torre and Sergio Alvarez Leiva with a background in environmental science and biodiversity. Past grantees include Danish Refugee Council, Oceana, WHO, Harvard University, Red Cross, and organizations working on fairtrade coffee farming, city zoning analysis, anti-eviction mapping, and COVID-19 tracking.

Sources

• https://carto.com/grants

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